The Crucible

1. Elizabeth Procter

1.1. John Procter's wife

2. John Procter

2.1. Elizabeth Procter's husband.

2.2. Had affair with Abigail Williams

3. Thomas Putnam

3.1. He uses the witch trials to increase his own wealth by accusing people of witchcraft and then buying up their land.

4. Ann Putnam

4.1. Ann Putnam has given birth to eight children, but only Ruth Putnam survived.

4.2. The other seven died before they were a day old, and Ann is con-vinced that they were murdered by supernatural means.

5. Tituba

5.1. Reverend Parris's black slave from Barbados.

5.2. Tituba agrees to perform voodoo at Abigail's request.

6. Mary Warren

6.1. Servant of Procter

7. Abigail Williams

7.1. Reverend Parris niece

7.2. Once the servent of the Procter's

7.3. Had affair with Procter

8. Reverend John Hale

8.1. Minister, expert on witchcraft

8.2. Reverend Hale is called in to Salem to examine Parris's daughter Betty.

8.3. Hale is a committed Christian and hater of witchcraft.

9. Reverend Parris

9.1. Minister of Salem's church.

9.2. John Proctor dislike him

10. Rebecca Nurse

10.1. Francis Nurse's wife

10.2. She falls victim to the hysteria when the Putnams accuse her of witchcraft and she refuses to confess.

11. Francis Nurse

11.1. Tries to convince the court that Rebecca is innocent.

12. Judge Danforth

12.1. Deputy Govenor of Massachusetts

13. Giles Corey

13.1. farmer in Salem

13.2. Giles's wife, Martha, is accused of witchcraft

13.3. held in con-tempt of court and pressed to death with large stones.